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Quote by John Fowles
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. – John Fowles

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One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is true – John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. – Thomas Carlyle

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How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you. – Johann von Goethe

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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. – William R. Alger

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Never step over one duty to perform another. – English Proverb

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To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over mens souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means. – Emanuel Swedenborg

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The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St

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Soon enough is well enough. – Proverb

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Smile, its free therapy. – Douglas Horton

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